Cours international

The general objective of this course is to understand the role of the cytoskeleton in intracellular trafficking and cell migration at different levels: molecular, cellular and in the living organism. The course will provide introductions to the main cytoskeleton networks as well as to the basic mechanisms of trafficking and migration regulation. It will cover general mechanisms though which intracellular trafficking controls cell migration and invasion with a more particular focus on the role of cytoskeleton-based organelles in these basic cellular functions. Lecturers and participants will be both physicists and biologists. Conferences will be in English. Each day will include four-five one hour lectures plus participant presentations.

22 participants will be selected among PhD and Master students of all nationalities on the basis of research interests and motivation statement. Successful completion of the course can count toward training hours (3ECTS or 20 hours) for French graduate schools such as "Complexité du Vivant" and "Frontières du Vivant" or 3 ECTS at Master program UPMC at Paris 6.

Date of course:
April 15 - 21, 2015

Application deadline:
18 February 2015

Location:

Institut Curie, 12 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris

Results of selection:

Mid-February 2015

Registration fees:

No registration fees are requested.
All lunches and 3 dinners will be provided by Institut Curie. For those who need it, accommodation in double rooms will be provided and reimbursed by Institut Curie for the 7 nights (Wednesday April 15th-Tuesday April 21st 2015). Participants' home laboratories are responsible for paying for travel. We advise participants living outside Paris and its area to plan to arrive on Wednesday morning April 15th and depart not before Wednesday April 22nd in the morning.